THE YOGA VASISHTHA MAHARAMAYANA | VIHARI LAL MITRA | VALMIKI | Why do you think the unconfined Soul to be confined in the body ? It is vain to suppose the nature of the Infinite Soul to be confined in any place . To suppose the one as many , is to make a division of and create a variety in the nature of the Supreme Spirit . The Divine Essence being diffused alike in all , it cannot be said to be confined in one thing and absent in another .

There is no error of egoism or personality in the transcendental category of the Divine Soul < : THE ABSOLUTE : > ; because it is the integrity of All Consciousness , as the sea is the aggregate of all its waves and waters .

The belief of egoism rises as any other thought of the mind , and is as inborn in it as the water in the mirage , which does not exist really in it .

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|| VERSE 5 | ON THE POWERS OF MIND ||

There is no body except it but be a creation of the mind , like the fancied chimeras of visions and dreams , and as the false sight of water in the mirage , or the appearance of two moons in the sky .

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|| VERSE 14 | ON THE POWERS OF MIND ||

One who can control the mind by continued patience on one hand , and by incessant vigilance on the other , is one of unimpeachable character , and unapproachable by calamity .

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|| VERSE 18 | ON THE POWERS OF MIND ||

Drown the body under the water or dip it in the mud , burn it in the fire or fling it aloft in air , yet the mind turneth not from its pole ; and one who is true to purpose , is sure of success .

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|| VERSE 25-26 | ON THE POWERS OF MIND ||

No pain or sickness , no fulmination nor threat , no malicious beast or evil spirit , can break down the resolute mind , any more than the striking of a lean lotus-leaf , can split the breast of a hard stone .

Those that you say to have been discomfited by tribulations and persecutions , I understand them as too infirm in their faiths , and very weak both in their minds and power .

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|| VERSE 28 | ON THE POWERS OF MIND ||

Therefore let one employ oneself to the exercise of one's powers , and engage one's mind and mental energy to noble pursuits , in the paths of Truth and Holiness .

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|| VERSE 31 | ON THE POWERS OF MIND ||

The mind , O muni ! is transmuted in a moment to its new model ; as the inflated or aerated water rises high into waves and ebullitions , glaring with reflections of sunlight .

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|| VERSE 32 | ON THE POWERS OF MIND ||

The mind that is averse to right investigation , sees like the purblind , everything in darkness even in broad daylight ; and observes by deception two moons for one in the moonshine .

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|| VERSE 34 | ON THE POWERS OF MIND ||

A wrong reflector reflects a thing in a wrong light , as a distracted lover sees a flame in the moonbeams , which makes one burn and consume in one's state of distraction .

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|| VERSE 37 | ON THE POWERS OF MIND ||

In this manner whatever shape the imagination gives to a thing , it appears in the same visionary form before the sight of the mind .

Therefore knowing this world of your imagination , as neither a reality nor unreality , forbear < : cease , refrain : > to view it and its various shapes and colours , as they appear to view .

" Hammer on ! hammer on ! " is the first principle of success . Without work you can never succeed . A lazy person is bound to perish in the " struggle for existence " , one cannot live , one must die .

Rise to the GOD-Consciousness to such a degree that for you your past relations may become a complete blank . . . Your relation to the world should become the relation of GOD to the world ; an entire change .

From one point of view , mind and intellect are not Brahman ; but on the other hand , mind and intellect are nothing else but Brahman , even the body is nothing else but Brahman , and Everything in the world is nothing else but Brahman .

Can you transfer your consciousness ? Put it here , your consciousness should sit here . Can it sit here ? Now it is inside your body . It is operating through the body and you are seeing through the aperture of your eyes and then perceiving a person like me here .

Immanuel Kant is said to have been woken up by Hume from " dogmatic slumber " and brought about a " Copernican revolution " in the field of philosophy . In Kant we begin to reap the ripe fruits of philosophy , for it is here that it shows signs of its having reached maturity and full development .

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PRABODHASUDHAKARA | THE NECTAR OCEAN OF ENLIGHTENMENT | PART 2 | DEVOTION | SRI ADI SANKARACARYA | TRANSLATION & BHASYA BY SAMVID | PSNOE SERIES || The devotional fervour which the author exhibits in the four concluding sections of this work would appear to be in sharp contrast with the author's relentless pursuit of truth through rational enquiry , found in the earlier sections .

I am composing the Atmabodha , or Self-Knowledge , to serve the needs of those who have been purified through the practice of austerities, and who are peaceful in heart , free from cravings , and desirous of Liberation .

One who has one's mind Self-absorbed through Yoga , and who has the vision of sameness everywhere , sees this Self existing in everything , and everything in one's Self . | One who sees Me in everything , and sees all things in Me — I do not go out of one's vision , and one also is not lost to My vision .

Some minds with too much self reliance in themselves , and without considering the true nature of things , give them different forms and colours , according to their own conceptions and opinions , though far from truth .

VOL 1 | BOOK II | CHAP XVII | VERSE 10 | ON THE CONTENTS OF THE WORK | IT CONTAINS SIX BOOKS all fraught with sentences full of reason , and each distinct from the other in its import . It has many verses containing chosen examples on all subjects .

DANGEROUS HABIT OF CONSTANT SELF JUSTIFICATION | To go on claiming this so-called freedom , which is no more than a subjection to certain ignorant cosmic forces , is to indulge in a blind contradiction and to claim the right to lead a double life

Imagination in the mind always exaggerates . Exaggeration is a modification of lie . Aspirants should not exaggerate . They should utter words with mathematical and scientific precision . An aspirant is asked to give up company and observe Mouna .

MahaBhava is a Divine Ecstasy . It shakes the body and mind to their very foundation . It is like a huge elephant entering a small hut . The house shakes to its foundation . Perhaps it falls to pieces .

Athato bhaktim vyakhyasyamah | 1. Now , therefore , we shall teach Bhakti , or the Religion of Divine Love . 2. Now , therefore , I will try to explain the process of devotional service . 3. Now , therefore , the doctrine of devotion we shall expound .

Rama has written in simple language , the ordinary thoughts and ideas that satisfy the mind and show the Divine Vision to the writer both within and without . The whole world shining like the diamond is becoming the Divine Ocean .

OM! In Humans , The Past exists only in memory , which is retention , replaying , reconfiguration of stories , fantasies , fiction ; The Future is expectation and fantasy : These thoughts play in The Present , creating a false sense of continuity of personality — Nothing but DREAMING it is .|| SSSV 32.3 ||